Men's: Sharp shooting negates sloppy play
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when the Thundering Herd cut into
the Oregon lead. After trailing 39-24
at halftime, Marshall (1-2) went on
a 7-0 run three minutes into the sec
ond half to pull within eight. Brooks
ended Oregon’s scoreless streak
with a three-pointer, however, giv
ing the Ducks a 52-41 lead and start
ing a 22-8 run of their own.
Oregon’s only shortcoming was
occasional sloppy play. The Ducks
turned the ball over 18 times, in
cluding 13 in the first half. Forward
Mitch Platt turned the ball over
three times during the game’s first
four minutes before being benched
for the remainder of the contest.
The Ducks were able to overcome
their sloppy passes with a shooting
performance that was anything but.
For the game, they shot nearly 61
percent from the floor, including 62
percent from three-point range.
Oregon outrebounded Marshall
37-22.
Crosswhite just missed a double
double, grabbing nine rebounds to
go with his 13 points. Freshman for
ward Maarty Leunen added five
points off the bench.
Center Mark Patton and guard TVe
Whitted led the Thundering Herd with
17 points each. Marshall’s biggest in
side weapon, forward David Ander
son, was held to 10 points during 13
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Marshall was limited to a 39
percent shooting clip for the game,
including 30 percent during the
first half.
“It’s a road win,” Kent said.
“Good teams win on the road and I
thought this team did a great job.”
Next up for Oregon is a show
down with Vanderbilt during the
Pape Jam on Dec. 4 at the Rose Gar
den in Portland. The Commodores
advanced to the Sweet 16 of the
NCAA Tournament last season and
will be the Ducks’ toughest oppo
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■ Duck volleyball
Ducks end season
on winning note,
sweep Vikings 3-0
After losing its final Pac-10
match to OSU, Oregon
shuts down Portland State
BY CLAYTON JONES
SPORTS EDITOR
Though the Oregon volleyball
team didn’t see a lot of victories dur
ing the course of this season, it did
end on a high note as the Ducks de
feated Portland State in straight
games at the Oregon State Showcase
Saturday.
“I could not be happier for the
team,” Oregon head coach Carl Fer
reira said. “The Pac-10 season is long
and competitive, and dealing with
the loss of Lauren (Westendorf) was
not easy.”
With the victory, Oregon (10-19
overall, 1-17 Pacific-10 Conference)
ended its 15-match losing skid.
The story of the day was senior
libero Katie O’Neil. She finished with
a game-high 20 digs and finished her
career with 1,005 digs.
Outside hitter Sarah Mason once
again led the Ducks in kills, collecting
a game-high 15. The sophomore has
recorded at least 15 kills in four of her
last five matches and finished the sea
son averaging 4.01 kills per game.
Though the Ducks did earn a vic
tory in their last match of the season,
they didn’t fare as well in their last
conference meeting of the year.
Oregon fell to rival Oregon State in
three games during the 92nd meeting
between the two universities in Cor
vallis Friday in front of 1,078 at Gill
Coliseum.
During the first game, Oregon lim
ited its errors to three, but allowed
the Beavers a .421 hitting percentage
with 21 kills and lost 30-23.
In the second game, the Ducks
recorded 15 kills compared with the
Beavers 13, but couldn’t limit their
errors as they committed 10 and lost
the game convincingly, 30-18.
Mason led the Ducks with her
Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Oregon senior libero Katie O’Neil, seen here
earlier in the season, recorded 20 digs in
the final match of her career during the
Ducks’ victory over Portland State Saturday.
second double-double of the season
with a match-high 16 kills and 11
digs. The Hilo, Hawaii native, who
came into the match with Oregon
State leading the Pac-10 in service
aces per game, added four more aces
to her season total.
Sophomore setter Heather Madison
dished out 38 assists, which put her
over the 1,000 mark for the season.
It is the second-consecutive season
in which Oregon State has swept the
Civil War series.
Despite the loss to the Beavers, Fer
reira thinks their victory against Port
land State was a perfect finish to the
Ducks’ season.
“My top emotion right now is see
ing our players and seniors end the
season with a victory,” Ferreira said.
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Jones: SpongeBob offers little
relief on boring Thanksgiving
Continued from page 7
looked horrible.
I needed to watch something else
in a serious way.
Unfortunately, my options were
limited.
My search for more sports to avert
my eyes from what the NFL was call
ing football was for naught. I have no
cable and other networks subjected
me to parades with oversized
SpongeBobs going down the street
and people I will never meet waving
at other people that I will never meet.
Who watches a parade anyway?
Even as a kid I never understood the
concept of giant balloons floating
down the street and people throwing
candy at other people while avoiding
horse droppings.
But possibly the stupidest thing on
television while I was avoiding the
painful Bears/Cowboys game was a
dog show, announced by Seinfeld’s
Mr. Peterman.
i Know uogs are man s Desi
friend” and all, but having a competi
tion to determine who is “Best in
Show” is ridiculous.
The dogs have to do laps around
this ring while total strangers (i.e. the
judges) stick fingers in their mouths,
pinch their skin and rub their hands all
over their fur, excuse me, their coats.
Why don’t they just throw a stick
or a Frisbee and see who is the
fastest? Insert your favorite Qyntel
Woods joke here.
The greatest part of the whole
thing was that the No. 1 dog in the
country, according to the announc
ers, was this toy poodle that weighed
about two ounces and had a grand
ma perm on the top of its head.
That’s what my Thanksgiving Day
“sports” came down to: boring foot
ball, balloon SpongeBob and grand
ma-permed poodles.
I decided to take a nap.
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